Maurice Cranston: Jean-Jacques Rousseau – biographical triology (vol. I-III)

Vol. 1: Jean-Jacques: The Early Life and Work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1754 – In the first volume of his trilogy, noted political philosopher Maurice Cranston draws from original manuscript sources to trace Rousseau’s life from his birth in provincial obscurity in Geneva, through his youthful wanderings, to his return to Geneva in 1754 as a celebrated writer and composer.

Vol. II: The Noble Savage – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1754-1762 – In the second volume of the unparalleled exposition of Rousseau’s life and works, Cranston completes and corrects the story told in Rousseau’s Confessions, and offers a vivid, entirely new history of his most eventful and productive years.

Vol. III: The Solitary Self – Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Exile and Adversity – In the final volume of his biographical trilogy, Maurice Cranston traces the last tempestuous years of Rousseau’s life.